A huge agenda of global issues was crammed into four days of ‘secret’ meetings by a mysterious group of power brokers. But who elected them and why are we paying for them?

Weary and bramble-scratched, elated by the press coverage, and sick of riot vans and lukewarm Spanish omelette baguettes, we return from Bilderberg[2] 2010 with the following thoughts uppermost in our tired mind:

• ‘Global cooling’ is on the cards

Check out the agenda for Bilderberg 2010[3]: “Financial reform, security, cyber technology, energy, Pakistan, Afghanistan, world food problem, global cooling, social networking, medical science, EU-US relations.” That list is a window into your future. Don’t think for one minute that it isn’t. And don’t ignore it, because it isn’t ignoring you.

I love how “social networking” must fry the Bilderbergian mind. On the one hand, as Zuckerberg of Facebook says, privacy is no longer a social norm so it’s okay to milk the networking sites for information, social trends and dissident thinking; however, you can’t stop the people from arranging a meet-up to discuss internet censorship or the rights and wrongs of “global cooling”. Speaking of which, Bill Gates (Bilderberg 2010) is funding “cloud whitening” technology; trials start soon. Global dimming isn’t just something that happens every time Big Brother starts. On the basis of this agenda, I think we can expect a lot of statements about cutting-edge cloud-technology trials in the next 12 months. If it works in Dubai, it can work in Britain too…

I know this sounds peculiar, or at least it does to me, but this year’s Bilderbloggings[6] have quite commonly been met with outrage at the idea that we should submit Bilderberg to greater scrutiny. You hear people talk about the delegates at Bilderberg as their “leaders”, and you see the delegates mythologised as the greatest and the best – whose benign Olympian machinations should progress untroubled by the interference of public and press. “Leaders” like the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, and the chairman of Kissinger Associates Inc.

I’m baffled to the point of punching tree trunks to witness the determination of some folk to throw themselves in front of these heads of corporations and presidents of banks and to wave their arms protectively, yelping: “Leave them alone! Let them strategise for the good of the world in peace! How could they possibly have a frank discussion with our politicians if we were privy to it? Stop this unseemly prying!” I mean, seriously. The day that Marcus Agius, chairman of Barclays, strategises for my good is the day he repays me the hundreds of pounds of bank charges he’s been levying on me since my schooldays. The day that Peter Voser, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, sits around a table with the express concern of making the world a better, more beautiful place for all of us, is the day that my arse grows teeth and eats my hat.

[7] Look at the list of participants: http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/meeting_2010_2.html

[8] Canadian Premier to rub shoulders with world leaders at Bilderberg conference: http://www.prisonplanet.com/canadian-premier-to-rub-shoulders-with-world-leaders-at-bilderberg-conference.html

[9] Gunman Conspired With “Business and Political Leaders” Before Massacre: http://www.prisonplanet.com/gunman-conspired-with-business-and-political-leaders-before-massacre.html

[10] When the whole world has drones, U.S. political leaders are likely to be targeted and assassinated: http://www.prisonplanet.com/when-the-whole-world-has-drones-u-s-political-leaders-are-likely-to-be-targeted-and-assassinated.html

[11] Bilderberg 2010: Help us identify the delegates: http://www.prisonplanet.com/bilderberg-2010-help-us-identify-the-delegates.html